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EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Save the date for 4-H achievement night Nov. 15 2014 4-H Achievement Night winners. –Contributed photo Morrow County 4-H asks leaders, members, families and supporters to save the date for the Mor- row County 4-H Achieve- ment Night on Sunday, Nov. 15, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Ione Legion Hall. The 4-H program will be honoring 4-H leaders and members for all of their accomplishments during the past 4-H year. Awards will be giv- en for outstanding record books, county medals, all- around achievement, camp counselors, ambassadors, all of the awards from the fair, the Becky Smith Me- morial Award, Leader of the Year and, new this year, the Friends of 4-H awards. Memberships pins are given to Cloverbuds, and all of our first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth year 4-H members; all members who recently completed those years in 4-H will be rec- ognized. Entrée will be provided by the Morrow County 4-H Leaders Association. Fami- lies with the last name be- ginning with A-K are asked to bring a side dish or salad, and those with their last name beginning with L-Z are asked to bring a dessert. For more information or with any questions, con- tact the OSU Extension Service office at 541-676- 9642 or email julie.baker@ oregonstate.edu. Follow Morrow County 4-H on Facebook at “Mor- row County 4-H Oregon” and Instagram@morrow4h for updates for reminders and photos of the event. Heppner Elks generous with student scholarships T h e Heppner Elks Lodge has an- nounces its continued support of Maddie a c h i e v e - Lindsay ments and academic aspirations at various educational levels by awarding $ 1 7 , 1 0 0 Oskar d o l l a r s i n Peterson scholarship money. Recipi- ents of the Most Valu- able Stu- dent Awards went to Makenzie M a d d i e Hughes Lindsay and Oskar Pe- terson, who received $700 each. Makenzie Hughes and Lauren Gar- Lauren r e t t e a c h Garrett were award- ed $400, and Kelly Wilson was awarded $300. Legacy Awards (na- Kelly Wilson tional foun- dation/state) were given to Paige Grieb and Mad- die Lind- s a y, e a c h of whom received $ 1 , 0 0 0 a Paige Grieb year for four years. T h e Clarence Buchanan s c h o l - arships a w a r d e d Mekayla a total of Kindle $14,600 to the follow- ing recipi- ents in the following categories: T h e C l a r e n c e Stacee B u c h a n - Halvorsen an High School Se- nior Schol- arship was awarded to Lauren Gar- rett, Maken- zie Hughes, Julianne Kelly Wil- Carlson son, Paige Grieb and Maddie L i n d s a y. Students received $ 1 , 0 0 0 Ryan each. T h e Dougherty Buchanan second- through fourth- year college winners were Me- kayla Kin- dle, Stacee Halvorsen, J u l i a n n e Donald C a r l - Matthews son, Ryan Dougherty, Donald Matthews, Bryce Fowl- er, Con- ner Pappas and Lillian Bryce Fowler Sandford. Each recipi- ent received $1200. There were no ap- plicants for the Clarence Conner B u c h a n a n Pappas J r. C o l - lege/Trade School or Grad School Scholar- ships. A total Lillian o f s e v e n Sandford high school seniors and eight college students re- ceived money for a grand total of $25,100 from the Elks’ scholarships. For more information or with questions about future scholarships, contact Tim Dickenson at dicken- sonchiro@centurytel.net. Boardman Quilt Show an ‘autumn success’ The Boardman Senior Center was filled with col- orful quilted work of all siz- es and descriptions on Oct. 10 and 11. Seventy-four exhibits from Oregon and Washington were enjoyed by more than 200 visitors. “The skylights and north light in the center provided extremely good viewing conditions,” com- mented a volunteer. Visitors were able to clearly see details of hand- work and the true colors of the fabrics. Two quilts were se- lected by viewers for the People’s Choice Awards. A yellow and black quilt with heritage Chicken Scratch embellishment by Mar- ian Perdas of Hermiston and a red and tan Primo Star Quilt by Kathy Hy- der of Boardman were the people’s favorites. Sharon Morris of Heppner won the purple Amish design raffle quit, while Skye Barrese of Boardman won the pink and green floral raffle quilt. A special feature was an exhibit of Quilts of Valor coordinated by Ma- rie Norris of Pendleton. On Saturday afternoon, a striking Quilt of Valor was presented to Korean War Marge Shankle and her Featured Quilter display. –Contributed photo Veteran Melvin Bozarth of Hermiston. “We felt so fortunate to be able to host this pre- sentation,” said show chair Kathy Morgan. The regional vendors who attended were much appreciated. Marilyn and Ben Dalstra of The Sew- ing Basket in Prosser, WA; Sherry Linoff of Fabric 108, Kennewick, WA; and Cindy and Lewis Webb, Thimbles & More of Pendleton all brought new fabrics, pat- terns and notions to share with local quilters. The show also was made possible by many volunteers, including: Barb Hemnes; Mildred Baker; Pat Miller, kitchen crew; the set up and take down crew of Ron, Kathy and Sonja Morgan, Quentin, Malaki and Aubrianna Johnson, Drake Bingaman, Marsha and George Condie, Keziah and Tegan Birt, and Sandy Moroney; and host- ess crew of Marie Cornell, Kathy Hyder, Glenda and Tammy Bozarth, Nancy Pace, Carol Michael, and Cheryl Tallman. Quilting enthusiasts are asked to circle October 7 and 8 on their 2016 calen- dars for the next Boardman Quilt Show. The 2016 show will held again at the Board- man Senior Center, 100 Tatone Street, Boardman. Wheat Foundation scholarship offered Pendleton, OR—The Oregon Wheat Founda- tion will provide up to 12 scholarships for high school seniors whose families are members of the Oregon Wheat Growers League. The scholarship is also open to students who work part- time for grower members or students whose fam- ily members are employed by OWGL members. The scholarship requirements include an essay on any topic related to the wheat industry and a summary of the student’s school and community involvement. One $1,000 award will be made to a qualify- ing student from each of the participating counties, which include Baker, Gil- liam, Klamath, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Uma- tilla, Union, Wallowa and Wasco. In addition up to two awards will be made in the Willamette Valley coun- ties and one in the Central Oregon counties. Application forms are available from the Oregon Wheat Growers League website at www.owgl.org or from Marilyn Blagg, scholarship coordinator, at 541-276-7330 or mblagg@ owgl.org. All applications must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 2016. BEO Bancorp reports third- quarter earnings Heppner—BEO Ban- corp and its subsidiary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, announced third-quarter 2015 consolidated net income of $761,000 or $0.62 per share compared to $679,000 or $0.58 per share for third quarter 2014. Year-to-date earnings were $1,955,000 up 0.6 percent year-over-year. Total as- sets were $341.1 million, up 10.0 percent year-over- year. Net loans of $282.1 million were up 11.3 per- cent from the same period in 2014, while deposits were at $301.3 million, up 9.2 percent year-over-year. “Earnings for the quar- ter are strong when com- pared to last year, and year- to-date numbers are slightly better than 2014. Growth in deposits, loans and assets are primarily attributed to the acquisition of Bank Reale earlier this year,” said President and CEO Jeff Bailey. Chief Financial Officer Mark Lemmon said, “Re- turn on Average Assets for the quarter was 0.89 percent and Return on Average Eq- uity is 10.98 percent com- pared to 0.88 percent and 10.81 percent respectively year-over-year. “We continue to see impressive growth in share- holders’ equity, which has increased by 10.3 percent year-over-year. We are well capitalized by all regulatory and industry measures,” Lemmon added. Chief Operations Of- ficer Gary Propheter said, “The Federal Reserve con- tinues to hold interest rates steady. It will be interest- ing to see whether or not the Fed raises rates during fourth quarter or if they keep with the status quo.” “As an agricultural- based bank, renewal season is just around the corner. The continued drought con- ditions took a toll on small grain harvest as yields were below average. Also, com- modity prices are down for wheat, hay and cattle. While these factors are concerning, we do not ex- pect severe problems in the loan portfolio,” concluded Bailey. For more information or to access internet bank- ing, visit the website at http://www.beobank.com. 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